Fine and Performing Arts

Visual Arts

The Lindenhurst Art Program (K-12) has been designed with the goal of having students experience the full range of the visual arts with an emphasis on the New York State Standards of Learning for the Arts and an emphasis on the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design. Art history is an integral part of the curriculum and is integrated into the art classroom at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The art curriculum is designed to teach students how to create, analyze, and critique their own and others’ art as well as finding individual ways of expressing themselves.

Art instruction encourages students to:

Develop visual literacy and creative thinking

Strengthen cognitive skills

Express themselves with confidence

Refine and expand problem-solving techniques

Learn and practice social skills

Expand vocabulary and language skills

Increase their awareness and appreciation of the world around them, past and present

Experience the joy of their own creations and the creations of others

Parents can further enhance their child’s appreciation of art by visiting museums and exhibits showing original art such as at local libraries, the Hecksher Museum in Huntington, the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook and the Long Island Children’s Museum in Garden City.

In addition, parents are encouraged to:

Read books to their children about art and artists such as a biography of Van Gogh, Linnea in Monet’s Garden, or Harold and the Purple Crayon.

Use artists and art as subject matter for classroom book reports and research

Value, respect, and display children’s art in the home

Visit websites appropriate for children that contain information and instructions for art projects such as Crayola.com

Lastly, during the course of the year there are numerous art competitions and shows both in the district and across the metropolitan area that the art students of Lindenhurst are encouraged to participate in. They include: